Four years of slow-burning success, on from the rolling primal rhythms and joyous arpeggios of his 2010 debut Holkham Drones (BCR 030CD/LP), Luke Abbott makes a bold return with his sublime second album offering, Wysing Forest. Comprising a series of improvised live recordings compiled into one rapturous movement and hallmarked by the majestic elegiac pastorals of the two-part "Amphis" theme, this is most definitely an album which is greater than the sum of its parts, designed to be listened to in one immersive go. Although only a pair of tracks -- "Free Migration" and "Highrise" -- approach the idiosyncratic lumpen danceability of Holkham Drones, it is thanks to Luke's perfectly-judged elegant transitional dynamics that neither piece feels out of place amongst the album's more mellow moments.

This is the debut album from Norfolk's Luke Abbott, channeling Britain's pagan heritage through an overwhelmingly satisfying electronic union of joyously Kraut-y arpeggios and rolling, primal rhythms. Abbott's Holkham Drones is a modern and decidedly British take on the Krautrock meme. Quirky, versatile, cerebral electronica that sits alongside Four Tet and Caribou in that middle ground between the dancefloor and home stereo, adaptable to both. "One of the finest left-field techno-electronica debuts of the year." --IDJ

2LP version. This is the debut album from Norfolk's Luke Abbott, channeling Britain's pagan heritage through an overwhelmingly satisfying electronic union of joyously Kraut-y arpeggios and rolling, primal rhythms. Abbott's Holkham Drones is a modern and decidedly British take on the Krautrock meme. Quirky, versatile, cerebral electronica that sits alongside Four Tet and Caribou in that middle ground between the dancefloor and home stereo, adaptable to both. "One of the finest left-field techno-electronica debuts of the year." --IDJ